"The Hunger Games" is Already Breaking Records

Ever since Lionsgate acquired the rights to "The Hunger Games" books, the studio has been treating the property as the next big film franchise. There have been plenty of best-selling books that ended up bombing in theaters, but according to Fandango, "The Hunger Games" is on its way to becoming a success.

The new movie, which is set to hit theaters on March 23rd, has already sold out hundreds of showtimes. First-day advance ticket sales broke the previous first-day record held by "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," which is now a Lionsgate property after the acquisition of Summit Entertainment.

"'The Hunger Games' is off to a fantastic start," said Fandango. "Yesterday we saw the biggest first-day advance ticketing sales in our company's nearly 12-year history - which is especially impressive for a March release and a non-sequel."

I'll watch the movie, it seems fairly interesting. What I'm not so pumped about is the fact they split the last book into two movies... These books are short with large print so is that really f*cking necessary? This kind of sh*t should be illegal, perhaps falling under price gouging.

No offense, but it isn't price-gouging, just fair market pricing, because currently there isn't a supply shock for either the books or the movies. Also, films and books aren't considered essential to life.